Roland de Vaux – Dispersed Qumran Cave Artefacts and Archival Sources (DQCAAS)

Now available on our photographic tab are the slides very kindly provided by the late Prof. Philip R. Davies. Click here to see them, with captions by DQCAAS. We are particularly pleased to have a picture of Roland de Vaux demonstrating how the Qumranites did their laundry. There is also a very nice image of Crystal Bennett, then Director of the British School of Archaeology and close friend of de Vaux’s, with her two dachshunds. Along with these, there are views of the site before the visitors’ centre was constructed, though signage and pathways had been created. Cave 4Qa and Cave 4Qb had not suffered the erosion of the present time. These images are not only important for understanding the site, but to the keen eye they can play a part in telling the story of how excavation, weathering and developments for tourism damage the archaeology of a place of immense cultural heritage value. There is much more that could be said on this topic, but for now we simply graciously acknowledge the generosity of Professor Davies in allowing his slides to be made available. We deeply regret he is no longer with us.

The Caves of Qumran

Edited by Marcello Fidanzio, Facoltà di Teologia di Lugano

This volume presents the proceedings of an international conference (Lugano 2014) dedicated entirely to the caves of Qumran. The papers deal with both archaeological and textual issues, comparing the caves in the vicinity of Qumran between themselves and their contents with the other finds in the Dead Sea region. The relationships between the caves and the settlement of Qumran are re-examined and their connections with the regional context are investigated. The original inventory of the materials excavated from the caves by Roland de Vaux is published for the first time in appendix to the volume.

Contents

Foreword
George J. Brooke

Introduction – Available for Download caves-2016-intro-fidanzio
Marcello Fidanzio

Part 1: Topography

1 The Qumran Caves in their Regional Context: A Chronological Review with a Focus on Bar Kokhba Assemblages
Joan E. Taylor

2 Cacher et se cacher à Qumrân : grottes et refuges. Morphologie, fonctions, anthropologie
Jean-Baptiste Humbert

Part 2: Manuscripts
3 The Contents of the Manuscripts from the Caves of Qumran
Florentino García Martínez

4 The Profile and Character of Qumran Cave 4Q: The Community Rule Manuscripts as a Test Case
Charlotte Hempel

5 Scribal Characteristics of the Qumran Scrolls
Emanuel Tov

6 La paléographie des manuscrits de la mer Morte
Emile Puech

Part 3: Other Finds
7 Terracotta Oil Lamps (Roland de Vaux’s Excavations of the Caves)
Jolanta Młynarczyk

8 The Unpublished Textiles from the Qumran Caves 123
Mireille Bélis

9 Miscellaneous Artefacts from the Qumran Caves: An Exploration of their Significance
Dennis Mizzi

10 The Distribution of Tefillin Finds among the Judean Desert Caves
Yonatan Adler

Part 4: Chronology, Functions, Connections
11 When and Why Were Caves Near Qumran and in the Judaean Desert Used?
Mladen Popović

12 The Connection between the Site of Qumran and the Scroll Caves in Light of the Ceramic Evidence
Jodi Magness

13 The Functions of the Caves and the Settlement of Qumran: Reflections on a New Chapter of Qumran Research
Jürgen K. Zangenberg

Part 5: Short Papers
14 The Inscriptional Evidence from Qumran and its Relationship to the Cave 4Q Documents
Sidnie White Crawford

15 The Coins of Khirbet Qumran from the Digs of Roland De Vaux: Returning to Henri Seyrig and Augustus Spijkerman
Bruno Callegher

16 Dating the Scroll Deposits of the Qumran Caves: A Question of Evidence
Gregory L. Doudna

17 History of the “Qumran Caves” in the Iron Age in the Light of the Pottery Evidence
Mariusz Burdajewicz

Appendix
18 Finds from the Qumran Caves: Roland de Vaux’s Inventory of the Excavations (1949–1956)
Marcello Fidanzio and Jean-Baptiste Humbert

Bibliography
Index of Modern Authors
Index of Sites and Place Names

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Philip Davies’ Qumran Slide Collection (1970-71) now available

Just Published by Marcello Fidanzio: The Caves of Qumran